Point granted. Some small places, OTOH, buy from larger off-site bakeries; Becky could simply be an employee. But, as I said, point granted – I’d rather they bake there, if only for the smell (combined with the coffee)….Dammit, now I want breakfast.

Jay-Em: trouble is, most stuff has its name changed… In UK, you have ‘french mustard’ – the same stuff in france is called ‘english mustard’ !!! also, ‘french letter’ is called ‘capote anglaise’ in france! 😀

Ah, now I see. Monica’s answer was sunshine. She is often referred to as sunshine. Shelly’s was the wind, relating to her personality as well. So the answer given by the individual gives Phix an insight to the respondent’s personality. The riddle, for Phix anyway, is a tool and not just some pointless question just for fun. We never got to Katherine’s answer since she fainted. Offhand I’m not sure what it may have been.

Well, Comanches are from the Oklahoma/Texas area. Y’know, where the wind comes sweeping down the Plains, knocks you on your rump, and tries to steal your wallet. Or, does that just apply to where I’m at right now?

It’s interesting to see Tina play both sides of the Human vs Not Human card so smoothly. She feels the need to keep explaining to Shelly that she isn’t human, and at the same time continue to keep Becky out of the loop. Then again, one has to wonder how much she has actually heard from time to time.

There is difference between the tyrant “never stops working” boss and the Demon Collective “never stops working” boss. I’m pretty sure Tina is trying to keep the former with Becky. Which when most people say that, they always know its not the complete truth. However, I doubt Tina upon hiring Becky said ” Welcome to your new job, where its more about client confidentiality than the FBI, so keep work at work, By the way, I’m a Demon Collective! I’ve been dead for x- amount of years and can snap into a blind rage at any moment if the wrong person walks in, but I try my best to be nice to everyone, and to prove it i am going to make you the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had.”
If you’re boss said that to you, would you honestly take that cup of coffee?

I’d just assume she has a wicked sense of humor. It would be a plus on my scorecard. OTOH, if she suddenly proved it by showing a demon, complete with huge black wings like she has done before, well … aww, who am I kidding, it would still be a plus! And if a female, as in this case, a confirmation of my general view of women.

That would be an awesome arc! Tina is out somewhere, and so Monica comes in and gets her coffee from Becky. Who causally name-drops all the recent developments, as she’s been in the back room for a good part of them, and has heard just about everything. Nice recap, and more chances to draw M flabbergasted.

Funny though, that can be said of about everyone. Everybody has his/her “snapping point” by which they can get dangerous.

Tina has only a human physique , she cankill if provoked, but so can we. It is technically a bigger risk that the Golem-girls can devour complete planetary systems if provoked sufficiently, than Tina’s demons going bezerk, I guess.

I doubt it. The real manipulator, Nudge, is gone, and even she wasn’t truly evil, just pestering and irritating, like the classic trolls. As I see it, The Demons currently in Wapsi-square are no more intentionally evil than an average human. The “queen’ that ran amock, and arguably could be called “intentionally evil” has already been neutralized.

If I got to believe Benthem, or Mill (utilitarianism) everybody is un-evil when it suits them…. You can add Nietsche’s insights on morality for the real mysoginists here…. 😆

Nah..nice try Tina, but You are good at heart. Although Demon “goodness’ isn’t always directly understandable.

I think Shelly, flaws and all, has hit the nail on the head.

If Tina is embarrassed by a violent outburst, she isn’t as evil as she likes to think. Really evil people see violence, -direct, or indirect- as a means to their own goals, and their goals alone. True evil is powered by ultimate ego-centrism at the cost of all around. That description isn’t Tina..

As is with the rest of the Wapsi-Crew, this is a tale about redemption.